Lance Corporal Henry Berry
Number: 9588
Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 6 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years 7 months
Trade of calling: Clerk
Place of birth: Parish Jarrow on Tyne, Town Newcastle, County Durham
Family: Single. Mother Susan, 9 Great Victoria Street, Belfast.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7 1/4". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Campaigns: South Africa 1900
Service medal, clasps and other awards: South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State.
DEATH
Date: 13 July 1900
Place: Lindley
Cause: Poison accidentally self-administered
Commemorated: Berry is buried in the Lindley Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial and on the Yeomanry Kop Memorial, Lindley.
This page last updated 10 July 2024.